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My grandma and grandpa, 1955

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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein praying to Meccah at dusk outside the city of Samarra, 1998. Saddam's regime became increasingly Islamic throughout the 1990's. (1578x1043)

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Portraits of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin thrown in garbage cans, Berlin (Hellersdorf), 1991

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The body of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Teddy Roosevelt, lies next to his Nieuport 28. A pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron, Roosevelt was killed on July 14, 1918 when he was struck in the head by machine gun fire during a dogfight. The Germans buried him with full military honors.

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1913. Baby Lady Bird Johnson with her Nurse Alice Tittle. It was Tittle who declared Claudia Alta Taylor "Purty as a Lady Bird" and the name stuck.

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on their wedding day, 1956

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Two female New Orleans based airport employees hopped a cargo flight to Nicaragua in mid-1985 and inadvertently ended up in a CIA-supported Contra base camp.

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Widely considered the photo that changed the face of AIDS: A father comforts his son, David Kirby, on his deathbed in Ohio. Published in LIFE magazine, November 1990. Photo by Therese Frare.

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"My Ulster blood is my most priceless heritage..." Mural of U.S President James Buchanan, who was of Ulster-Scots heritage. Belfast, Northern Ireland (2005).

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My grandmother and grandfather with their new son (my dad) - England, 1945

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Officials in England examine fingerprints to check whether they match a bottle found next to the cot of a three-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered. Over 40,000 fingerprints, those of every single male in the town over the age of 15, were examined, in nearly three months, 1948 .

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A poor rural family standing at attention for RFK's funeral train, June 8, 1968

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My grandma and grandpa, 1955

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein praying to Meccah at dusk outside the city of Samarra, 1998. Saddam's regime became increasingly Islamic throughout the 1990's. (1578x1043)

Portraits of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin thrown in garbage cans, Berlin (Hellersdorf), 1991

The body of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Teddy Roosevelt, lies next to his Nieuport 28. A pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron, Roosevelt was killed on July 14, 1918 when he was struck in the head by machine gun fire during a dogfight. The Germans buried him with full military honors.

1913. Baby Lady Bird Johnson with her Nurse Alice Tittle. It was Tittle who declared Claudia Alta Taylor "Purty as a Lady Bird" and the name stuck.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on their wedding day, 1956

Two female New Orleans based airport employees hopped a cargo flight to Nicaragua in mid-1985 and inadvertently ended up in a CIA-supported Contra base camp.

Widely considered the photo that changed the face of AIDS: A father comforts his son, David Kirby, on his deathbed in Ohio. Published in LIFE magazine, November 1990. Photo by Therese Frare.

"My Ulster blood is my most priceless heritage..." Mural of U.S President James Buchanan, who was of Ulster-Scots heritage. Belfast, Northern Ireland (2005).

My grandmother and grandfather with their new son (my dad) - England, 1945

Officials in England examine fingerprints to check whether they match a bottle found next to the cot of a three-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered. Over 40,000 fingerprints, those of every single male in the town over the age of 15, were examined, in nearly three months, 1948 .

A poor rural family standing at attention for RFK's funeral train, June 8, 1968